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Month: January 2022

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 116 deaths, 6761 new cases registered

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 116 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s capital halts hospital admissions, visits

January 10, 2022January 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia is halting planned admissions, operations and visits to hospitals as of midnight on January 12 as

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in 52 of 505 samples sequenced by NCIPD

January 10, 2022January 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on January 10 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in November 2021 was 5% – Eurostat

January 10, 2022January 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in November 2021 was five per cent, up from 4.9 per cent in October 2021 but down

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 40 deaths, 1716 new cases registered

January 10, 2022January 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 40 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered on Sunday, bringing the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Morbidity rate continues to climb

January 9, 2022January 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of districts in Bulgaria that are Covid-19 dark red zones – meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 533 deaths, 30 517 new cases

January 9, 2022January 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 533 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM again urges vaccination against Covid-19, pledges it will not be mandatory

January 8, 2022January 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, new coronavirus

In a video address on January 8, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov repeated his call to the public to be

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Dark red zone districts rise to 10

January 8, 2022January 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ten of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 dark red zones – meaning an infection rate of 500 or

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